Set up in 1997, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. Research at Cambridge includes: computational science, programming principles and tools, machine learning, computing vision, computer assisted living and distributed systems and networks.
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